John F. Hutchings (D) is a lifelong resident of the City of Binghamton, and was recently re-elected to legislative office in November, 2006.

Legislator Hutchings has a comprehensive plan to improve county government.
He has stated that he will: (1) increase cooperation between law enforcement agencies to reduce drug trafficking, (2) work with colleges and businesses to encourage new entrepreneurial efforts to create good paying jobs in Broome County, (3) take action to bring optimum efficiency to county economic development work, (4) seek to implement term limts, and (5) create excellence in government services.

Mr. Hutchings attended Binghamton North High School, Broome Community College, and Binghamton University.His community involvement includes membership at St. John the Evangelist Church, Knights of Columbus, and MacArthur School PTA, as well as coaching CYO Basketball, Flag Football, and Little League Baseball.

John Hutchings is employed as a Construction Market Representative for the Laborers International Union for upstate New York.John is also an Executive officer of the Central New York Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.He serves or has served on the BOCES Advisory Board, Broome County Economic Development Zone Advisory Board, Community Development Advisory Committee, and is the past Recording Secretary of the Binghamton-Oneonta Building Trades.

John resides with his wife, Colleen, and daughters, Danielle and Haley, at 2 Christopher Street in the City of Binghamton.

John Hutchings, director of the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) New York State Laborers' Organizing Fund (NYSLOF), explains:

Right now it's all about jobs.
It's awful hard for anybody to vote against like a jobs bill right now …

He agrees that even if there are sites where this ditch digging and filling has no environmental program, legislators will decide, "it's a jobs program for the laborers.
And when some of the Earth Supply and Renewal "employees" explain that they literally dig a ditch, then fill it up again, Hutchings says, "It sounds like, it almost is exactly the same as where we were with Green Jobs, Green New York.

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And Hutchings adds:

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Hutchings then explains the economic theory behind all of this:

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Says Hutchings, "It's a win-win for everybody.
Everybody understands that part of it.
Especially the unions, who will be including "employees" of Earth Supply and Renewal in their collective bargaining from now on.

It will provide between 200 and 300 union jobs to Broome County and as many as 1,000 regionally, said John Hutchings, marketing representative for the Laborers International Union.The delay won't significantly hurt the industry, he said.

"Just as long as we know it's coming," he said.

Over the long term, the project may be a catalyst for economic development by bringing more energy options to businesses in the Southern Tier, said Hutchings, a Binghamton Democrat on the Broome County Legislature.